*This was filmed several weeks ago before the current Government guidelines on social distancing and restrictions on travel. Please stay safe!*

@SK_3PT1

4 жыл бұрын

ty for confirming :)

@divarachelenvy

4 жыл бұрын

I hope you are well and stay safe guys

@andrewptyldsley6209

4 жыл бұрын

NET2 surely it’s South Tyneside Council not Sunderland

@folksinger2100

4 жыл бұрын

Do people actually think that you would be daft enough to do it during the current isolation situation????

@shez666

4 жыл бұрын

It's neither in Northumberland or County Durham, and the modern day equivalent of those is not Sunderland council (miles off) nor South and North Tyneside councils, it would be entirely in Tyne & Wear

I live in south shields and as part of training for the (now covid-postponed) manchester marathon, I did some long runs that went through the pedestrian tunnel back in february - i can confirm there are 125 steps on the escalators, give or take a couple depending how much of a 'step' at the end of a stopped escalator counts as a step :D

I used to cycle through there when I was a boy 50 years ago. The trick was to pedal like mad from the start so that your momentum would carry you up the incline to the escalator on the other side, otherwise it was a real struggle. Lovely piece of work, and great to see it again. Thanks. 👍

The interior looks a lot like the pedestrian tunnel in Antwerp which was finished in 1933, also has a wooden escalator and same bathroom tiled round tunnel. We only have one tunnel though for both pedestrians and cyclists.

Was a bit surprised when you said you hadn't seen a wooden escalator before. But I guess it depends on how old you are. Good video.

@starlinguk

4 жыл бұрын

I remember them in London, didn't they get rid of them after the King's Cross fire?

@gilles111

4 жыл бұрын

And isn't there one (or at least a part of it) at the London Transport Museum at Covent Garden? In my memories there was a section with a wooden escalator.

@torchris1

4 жыл бұрын

I was in London in 1985 and I remember a lot of wooden escalators still in the tube. Specifically Maida Vale near the B&B we were at for a while. Even at the time it seemed a bit dubious to my Canadian eyes.

@HarryWizard

4 жыл бұрын

I didn't even know wooden escalators existed, I'm 18.

@joermnyc

4 жыл бұрын

The original Macy’s on 34th Street in Manhattan has wooden escalators, though I can’t remember if they replaced the steps with metal ones or not.

Have never ever seen a wooden escalator before. Ever. I am Australian. Am super impressed by the pedestrian/cyclists tunnels.

I remembervisiting London as a teenager in the '80s and marvelling at the clattery old wooden escalators on the Underground. None left on the Tube now and rare to see one anywhere. Those ones look to have been sympathetically restored.

I remember wooden escalators on the Underground. They were removed after the Kings Cross fire. Are you going to do other pedestrian tunnels?

@GevinShaw

4 жыл бұрын

I thought I remembered wooden escalators from my time in London. I had been in London for a month when that fire occurred but somehow missed hearing about it. Young me not paying attention, much?

@jonathancombe9991

4 жыл бұрын

They wern't all removed. Greenford had one until 2014. I think it was only ones that were actually underground that were removed. Unusually at Greenford the Underground platforms are above ground, so the escalators went up from ground level.

@zork999

4 жыл бұрын

I remember all sorts of wooden escalators on the Underground. IIRC the Victoria and Jubilee lines always had metal escalators, but pretty much everything older was wooden before the fire. It was just the treads of the steps that were wooden, not the machinery, of course. I remember the handrails were often an ancient rubber that was probably more flammable than the wood! The landing platforms could be wooden as well as the balustrades (the sides).

@trueriver1950

4 жыл бұрын

They had already been replacing them with metal ones when the wooden ones were life-expired. After the KX fire they simply accelerated the process and replaced all the remaining wooden ones below ground whatever the state of repair.

@trueriver1950

4 жыл бұрын

@@jonathancombe9991 Greenford is also interesting as it has signs to the "British Rail" bay platform. Never changed as it's been a London Transport then London Underground station ever since BR was a thing. I remember when there were two escalators at Greenford and a pedestrian tunnel under the mainline to get to the mainline platforms which were still open in the late 1960's (now long closed of course)

Similar tunnels exist on the continent as well, St. Pauli-Elbtunnel in Hamburg, opened in 1911, I think Tom Scott has made a video about it, it's particular because cars can go through it as well, and in Antwerp the St-Annatunnel, opened in 1933, also with beautiful wooden escalators, are two that come to mind. Well worth a visit.

3:45 * Vicky confronted by 10,000 stairs*: “Lift?”

@btuckervideos4705

4 жыл бұрын

10,000 steps must be the equivalent to a 15 story building though

I went to see the tunnels only a few weeks back while on a trip to South Shields. I love the crittall steel windows and doors in the two terminal buildings, so 1950's.

@rogerwhittle2078

4 жыл бұрын

johnny5057. I think you'll find Critall windows were much, much earlier than that. I have been aware of Critall Windows since I was a kid in the late 1940's and early 50's, because some of the houses on our 'estate' in south London had Critall windows, where most of them had wooden window frames. I knew these houses to be ones that were bomb damaged during the war. However, the church hall where I help run a Scout Group (or will, when we are eventually allowed to) was built in 1927 with....Critall Windows. As was my old primary school from 1928 (now rebuilt so none of the original survives.) In fact, as google will tell you, Critall windows have been around since about the mid eighteen - eighties! Like most successful British companies, they got taken over and bought and sold and bought and sold. So, I'm not sure what nationality they are, but they still exist, in roughly the same place they have been for at least a hundred years. They had a factory (which I remember, so up to at least 1965 when I got my driving licence) on a junction/roundabout on the A2 - Foots Cray, I think? - which is still called 'Critall's Corner'.

Wooden escalators used to be more commonplace but I imagine they don''t do them anymore because of the king's cross fire in 1987 where a fire started under a wooden escalator and ended up killing 31 people.

@paulne9

4 жыл бұрын

I was just going to say that

@irtbmtind89

4 жыл бұрын

Macy's in New York City still has wooden escalators. I think wooden escalators were banned in Canada (or at least Ontario) after the Kings Cross fire, because the only one I know of in Toronto is walled off.

Why count steps when we already know it's equivalent to a 15-storey building? :D

@zork999

4 жыл бұрын

That may only apply in London...

@matthewdunderdale8685

4 жыл бұрын

If course it's a 15 story building!! Geoff wouldn't have it any other way!!

4:02 *casually makes Vicki go back into the lift to film it* 😂

@neiltaylor-urbanexplorer7617

4 жыл бұрын

I did this last week

Amazed at how immaculately clean that is.

I’ve walked through the tunnel a few times, but not since it reopened. It was built in the 50s to help shipyard workers travel to and from the yards, which lined both banks of the Tyne - on the north bank from Walker in the East End of Newcastle, right through Wallsend to Howdon, and on the south bank, the towns of Hebburn and Jarrow directly opposite.

I do enjoy Vicki Explores. Unlike Geoff, who just likes railways, you like to explore the area you go to! The sort of thing I enjoy doing!

@AndrewG1989

4 жыл бұрын

Suppose you haven't watch their "All The Stations" videos.

Good to see that a historic wooden escalator has survived. They are perfectly safe as long as they and the surroundings are kept with a modicum of cleanliness; solid wood is very difficult to burn, and there were no problems for 70+ years. The Kings Cross fire occurred after grease, dirt and rubbish had been allowed to build up, and a small fire started which gradually grew and then exploded into a moving fireball. Some similarities to the horrifying Bradford City stadium fire a couple of years earlier. In both cases, airflow and other flammable materials (accumulated litter and a pitch/bitumen/felt roof covering at Bradford) were probably more to blame than the wood.

I too am old enough to remember all the wooden escalators on the LU. And also the terrific up-lights on vertical metal supports. I think they still have those lights at St John's Wood station.

@iankemp1131

2 жыл бұрын

The uplighters still exist at Southgate and Tooting Broadway. Sadly most others were lost to "modernisation". Gants Hill was a particularly sad loss, they blended well with the remarkable underground concourse.

@stephenpegum9776

2 жыл бұрын

@@iankemp1131 Cheers Ian. I should have remembered about Southgate as that station is near where I live in N London ! 😎

If you liked this tunnel, check out the pedestrian tunnel in Hamburg. You can check out the Monster entry shafts which harbour car lifts!

"I've never seen a wooden escalator before". The London Underground used to be full of them, and very elegant they could be, especially those with wooden panelling. However, the Kings Cross fire in 1987 showed how vulnerable they could be, and the remaining ones were gradually replaced by metal escalators. The last was removed in Greenford in 2014.

Short and sweet Vicki Explores, love it

Thank you Vicki for taking me with you to ALL of your amazing adventures , I binged watched them this afternoon and for awhile I didn't think about anything else! Stay safe and healthy guys , Cheers from California!

A great little vid. There's always more to explore.

Two things just to be pedantic... Howdon is spelled 'Howden' on your map... And also since the 70's the tunnel is solely within the County of Tyne and Wear, so you enter in Tyne and Wear and exit in Tyne and Wear... The Northumberland and Durham signs are original from the 50's.... Still, another great video... Thanks!

@JGrainger1980

4 жыл бұрын

@Chris Fosdyke Tyne and Wear is a Ceremonial and metropolitan county... As much a county as Northumberland or Durham. Cleveland was an administrative county... After living in Newcastle for 30 years I can assure you that Newcastle hasn't been part of Northumberland since 1974 and Gateshead not part of Durham since then either...

@winco68

4 жыл бұрын

The historical counties of England still exist and are alive and well in many organisations. Football clubs in Gateshead or South Shields are answerable to the Durham F.A. and churches there are in the Diocese of Durham. These are just 2 examples. Metropolitan Counties were created in the 1970s to amalgamate high density population areas from the edges of adjoining counties for ease of administration but by the mid 90s had become failures. Most of these ‘new’ counties exist now in name only with no administrative power. The local council areas from within these created counties have become Unitary Authorities fulfilling the functions of both local and county councils. Indeed both the post 1974 counties of Durham and Northumberland became single tier Unitary Authorities themselves in 2009. In effect the local authorities from the created counties have become mini counties in their own right as Sunderland, Newcastle, South Tyneside or Hartlepool have the same powers as Northumberland or County Durham. Cleveland have retained Police and Fire Services and Tyne and Wear has retained Fire Services but shares it’s police with Northumberland. In most other respects Cleveland and Tyne and Wear are non functioning lines of an address that even Royal Mail says isn’t needed provided you use a postcode. In retrospect the new counties have been expensive failures and one wonders if it would have been cheaper and easier to continue with our historical counties as administrative units the larger ones with 2 tier governance and the smaller ones as Unitary Authorities?

That was just the tonic I needed. Thank you.

Lived 3 minutes away when I was a kid had lots of fun in those tunnels

Of course, you'd really need to walk a bit get to see County Durham the county boundaries were redrawn many years ago.

@nathanhardcastle1729

4 жыл бұрын

Counties are a mess, are we talking ceremonial, historic or local authorities

@ThatMicro43Guy

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, after 1974 the whole tunnel is now in the county of Tyne & Wear. I was born in Gateshead on the south bank of the Tyne when it was in County Durham but moved within a week to Wallsend which was in Northumberland. Both of course now in Tyne & wear

2:32 I remember wooden escalators on the Tube in around 1966. Over the next few years many were replaced with metal ones. I got a mild case of nostalgia seeing that one.

The Northumberland and Durham signs are original features that have been left in place, the tunnel is actually in neither Durham or Northumberland, but wholly within Tyne & Wear

I live in the north east, admittedly near Hartlepool rather than near the Tyne, and have never done that tunnel but I've done all 3 London one's you can walk including the terrible Rotherhythe Tunnel.I've done the Tyne Ferry and the the now broken Transporter Bridge between Port Clarence and Middlesbrough loads of times as it's near here.

These used to be (probably still are) the longest wooden escalators in Europe. Only a few miles from where I live I remember using them often 'back in the day'. The refurbishing of them has been going on for the last decade or so!

Who thought Vicki walking through a tunnel could be so much fun to watch!

Great video Vicki - I'd always been curious about this tunnel - mainly because of the escalators, so really interesting to see it. Bit of escalator geekery here (I really need to get out more!)... they are Otis MH (or at least based on that design) which were installed in large numbers throughout the London Underground. On LU, they originally had wooden panelling, which used to look really nice IMHO. This had to be replaced after the King's Cross fire (involving MH escalators) but the steps were found not to contribute to the fire and were allowed to remain. The ones in this tunnel had metal panels from new, and a slightly different design at the ends. I have vivid memories of going on these escalators in London as a child, and feeling a bit scared of these huge clanking, slightly shaky and vicious looking machines;-) They were extremely reliable and long lasting, with the last one being removed from Greenford in 2014 as Richard Holst says below. And relax....

@trueriver1950

4 жыл бұрын

No getting out more while this Cortana virus is about...

@kentonsimons4343

4 жыл бұрын

@@trueriver1950 Too true! I'm stuck at home with the kids for three months with my immune-compromised wife :-( Oh well, looks like I'll be watching more videos like this...

@ScootsMcDootson

2 жыл бұрын

The wooden escalators in the tunnel are the longest wooden escalators in the world, fun fact right there.

Great video! I'm a Geordie lad but have new walked this Tyne Tunnel before. Putting it on my list of things to do when we're allowed outside again! Hope you enjoyed your vist to our city!

Just a minor point. The Redheugh Bridge is pronounced 'Red-Yeuf' not 'Red-Hue'. Not many people from outside the area pronounce it correctly though. Nice to see you exploring Tyne and Wear!

@animationcreations42

4 жыл бұрын

I pronounced it more like Ready-uff, although to be honest I rarely actually say it's name. My favourite thing about it is there's no pavement on the northbound road so when you're upstairs on a double decker you look straight down to the Tyne. Many a time have I witnessed drug deals on the quayside from up there!

@jtpinnyc

4 жыл бұрын

@@animationcreations42 I once drunkenly walked across the entire length of the Redheugh on the wrong side of the fence. It was really windy and at one point my hat blew off and I saw it spiral down into a speck in the river and all of a sudden I felt very exposed.

@59revilo13

3 жыл бұрын

I work right next to it, it’s pronounced red-hugh

@jamesgray3122

2 жыл бұрын

It’s pronounced rejuf

Lovely vlog again! Thanks. Elimination of wooden escalators accelerated after the disastrous Kings Cross underground fire of 18 Nov 1987 which killed 31 people. I am bit surprised that this one on Tyneside still exists.

@johncassels3475

4 жыл бұрын

A Vikki special on the London underground's worst fire would be well received.

@roderickjoyce6716

4 жыл бұрын

Our wooden escalators survived because they hadn't been used for years before the tunnel was closed for renovation. Once the shipyards closed, there was very little traffic through the tunnels. Not many people in Howdon need to get to Jarrow and vice versa, and the 19 bus through the road tunnel is a lot quicker if you're on foot.

Great video i love this series.

Gawd, what has happened to you all ? Nobody thought to commend another VICKI appearance !!!! Love you and your team ! Thank you.

I remember wooden escalators as part of childhood videos to London. The last ones I traveled on is, still operating, in Antwerp serving the St Anna's Tunnel under the Scheldt. Would be worth a visit when things get back to normal.

It's the 'Historic counties' of Northumberland and county Durham by definition. The term can be used for a geographical reference point in all circumstance, through out the ageses. The coat of arms of the modern Durham council now has the Yorkshire rose as one of the device for the arms.

I am locked down in Tenerife and have nothing to do for the next month, so might watch the complete All the Stations (again LOL). That will keep me going for a few days.

Well! This is interesting! I’m a Geordie by birth (now living in Scotland) but I’ve never actually walked up the Tyne Tunnel. I’ve been driven many times up and down the normal tunnel but this is brand new to me!

There were wooden escalators on the underground many years ago, but as far as I’m aware they were all replaced following the fire 🔥 at Kings Cross in 1987. Great video!

Geoff's chuckle at the end! That was a yes ;)

Enjoyed the video. Do hope you and Geoff have got some videos in the can to keep us going! Stay well both of you.

Always loved this Tunnel, you can get up a hell of speed in the cyclist Tunnel. Knew you would bottle it at the end and use the lift : ) Don't blame you though, it really takes it out of your knees walking up the escalator.

Tunneltastic!

I enjoyed that, thanks XXX

If it wasn't for you, I would never have known of this method of crossing the River Tyne. Thank you. Barry.Devon

"The tunnel and escalators were recently refurbished and the inclined lift put in. But they don't work." :D

Greenford has wooden escalators until 2014. It now has an added inclined lift/inclinator.

The Maastunnel in Rotterdam and Sint-Annatunnel in Antwerp also have wooden escalators.

Good to see this was filmed before the lock down don't want either of you to get sick. Now with the lock down I wouldn't be using lifts

What a good idea to separate cyclists and pedestrians. Short but interesting video Vicki.

Good call on taking the lift 👍 I remember wooden escalators on the London Tube.

It's really reminds me of the Maastunnel in Rotterdam that was built in the '30s and '40s. First of its kind if I'm not mistaken. They also still have wooden escalators! It's now a national monument. Rotterdam doesn't have that many river crossings, let alone tunnels so especially before the construction of the metro in the late '60s it was an extremely busy commuters route, and still remains so to a lesser extent today. Especially convenient since the bridges were always opened (or so it seemed anyway,) for ships. That was also one of the big motivations to build the metro.

Great stuff, loved it. How can 7 people not like it.

Lovely little bit of public infrastructure! There are still similar escalators in the former Soviet Union, but I didn't expect to see one in the UK, very cool.

Gotta love Vicki!

I recall using a long wooden escalator at Marylebone down to the Bakerloo Line,but it was around 2001. I wonder if it is still there.

@johnmurrell3175

4 жыл бұрын

All gone the last was removed from Greenford in 2014 it was not subject to the Section 12 regulations as Greenford station is above ground so lasted longer than the others. One of the few (only ?) where you get an escalator up to the underground platform.

London used to have some wooden escalators until a tragic fire.

@s125ish

4 жыл бұрын

Paul Devey thought they are banned

Ran thru that a fair few times and when there's a queue at the lifts, chucked my bike on my shoulder then ran up escalators to work nearby. In its heyday I gather there was nigh on a queue from one end to the other. PS. If you look carefully at the end of the escalators you'll see the pre-1973 boundary markers for Northumberland and Durham County Councils. PPS. now North Tyneside and South Tyneside.

That was interesting!

It's now January 2021 and those new escalators are still not operational. The renovation work started in May 2013 .. so no rush then 😪😪

@brianmorrison9168

Жыл бұрын

July 2022 ... just seen in the local paper, the glass escalors are still not operational. PATHETIC !!

On my first trip through the tunnel I didn't realise there was a vertical lift, and since the lift comes out in the pedestrian tunnel I didn't spot either of those exits. I carried my bike down and back up each set of escalators. Funnily enough I didn't count the steps either.

"I've never seen a wooden escalator before," says Vicki. Me, I said the same thing in 1984 when I visited Britain, but I was in London riding the Tube. It was probably Bank station. This was, of course, before the Kings Cross tragedy. Its amazing that anyone ever thought they were a good idea.

Never knew there was another wooden escalator anywhere else in the world let alone in the UK since the one in Greenford went.

@MrPeabodyPA2

4 жыл бұрын

Macy's department store on 34th Street in New York City still has quite a few wooden escalators.

When I was young (long,long ago) I had an aunt who lived in Willington Quay and when we visited we always liked to walk through the tunnel and back. Later when the road tunnel was announced, or under construction not too sure, one of my teachers mentioned it being built and when I said there was already a tunnel under the river she got quite stroppy with me and wouldn't believe me or admit she was wrong :) I took my own kids through one day and they thought it was great. I seem to remember that the wooden escalators were the longest in Europe (maybe the world) at one time but then I was born the year the tunnel was opened so my memory could well be faulty.

Looks a hell of a lot tidier than the foot tunnels under the Thames.

@roderickjoyce6716

4 жыл бұрын

It's only just been restored ... give it time. :)

I wish these videos were longer!!

@AndrewG1989

4 жыл бұрын

Tim Daugherty usually Geoff’s videos are longer. Vicki Explores videos are shorter but more interesting.

Is it just me or does the entrance building on the Northumberland side look a bit like a Charles Holden designed tube station building?

Brilliant video! Seeing the wooden escalators brings back memories of Greenford Station not so long ago, which strangely also has an inclined lift so in my books it's a form of railway. Was the song you were thinking of at the end "Fog on the Tyne" by Lindisfarne?

Lovely video ,i live in the Newcastle area,but never walked via the Tunnel !

Oooh, I remember the wooden escalators on The Underground. None, I believe, were saved for posterity...

@trueriver1950

4 жыл бұрын

None Underground.

@johnmurrell3175

4 жыл бұрын

I believe their are one or two still in the 'secret' government tunnels at Corsham in Wiltshire. They were borrowed during WW2 to allow the workers access but were never returned. I can't remember the site(s) they were removed from but one may have been St Paul's. So they are still underground but not on The Underground. In fact they are now scheduled monuments see historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1409125 . The BBC site at www.bbc.co.uk/wiltshire/content/image_galleries/escalator_c_exit_burlington_site3_gallery.shtml?1 shows some images and also says one at least was destined for Holborn Station.

Geoff old boy, this tunnel is just awesome it is only 2 miles from my house (it was shut whist it was cleaned up as they found Asbestos so took around 5-6 years to complete the work) - it still maybe still the longest wooden escalator in Europe) This is part a awesome run, I often do - you start at tunnel north entrance run along the old wagon way to Newcastle-upon-Tyne cross the swing bridge then back along the south side of the river,, back to south entrance then down through the tunnel. (About a 35km route)

@ScootsMcDootson

2 жыл бұрын

Longest in the world actually.

I wonder if that Northumberland/County Durham boundary is still a thing? It does seem to me that both sides now belong to the county of Tyne and Wear now, which of course did not exist back in 1950s.

@jeg1972

4 жыл бұрын

You're right, the administrative County of Tyne & Wear has since 1974 been on both sides of the River Tyne... I was wondering who else would spot it 😀

@roderickjoyce6716

4 жыл бұрын

@@jeg1972 Tyne & Wear is no more. It was abolished by Mrs Thatcher. Howdon is in the Metropolitan Borough of North Tyneside, Jarrow is part of the MB of South Tyneside.

@jeg1972

4 жыл бұрын

@@roderickjoyce6716 That's not strictly true, the County Council was abolished in 1986 but it's still a metropolitan county

@jeg1972

4 жыл бұрын

@Chris Fosdyke it's still a metropolitan County; en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyne_and_Wear

I may have mentioned this before, but I can't help seeing tunnels like that without thinking of the classic DW stories The Web of Fear and The Mysterious Planet and the film Beneath the Planet of the Apes and a few episodes of Blake 's 7.

Such a youngster, so many of London's escalators were wooden.

@niamh_20

4 жыл бұрын

The Kings Cross Tube Station fire, did for wooden escalators in London.

@sergiointerior

4 жыл бұрын

@@niamh_20yep, tottaly!

I am surprised to see the wooden escalators, they where pretty common up until the 80s but then there was a ruthless purging of them after it was determined they where a factor in the Kings Cross fire.

I wouldn’t want to be down there at night. Very claustrophobic.

Hope you and Geoff are keeping well during this crazy time of Pandemic.

my first wooden escalator was in london, do not remember when it was...... it was underground station, felt so crazy like going back in timemachine, did not know they were still in use....

Lovely video :)

Oh gosh I have not seen a wooden escalator since the early 60s They look like man eaters when you are a wee thing. I always thought my feet would fall between the slats

Nice to see the Tunnel on here. Haven’t been through in a few years so surprised to see they’ve put incline lifts in. Also sadly the Tyne is no longer the border between the two counties after the creation of Tyne and Wear.

Redheugh Bridge: it's actually pronounced Red-juff (closest I can type that!). Love the videos!

I went through with my bike one time in the late 80s, when the shipyards were pretty much silent. I'd been working on a show at Newcastle Playhouse, and I was commuting home to New Herrington, so it was about 1am, and I wasn't entirely sure the tunnel would be open, or the lifts working. The ride was so quiet, and the air still, and as I rode up to the lift, it arrived at the top level and opened its doors. I expected someone to step out, but no one did. Bit spooky. Anyway, I rode through, and, just as I reached the lift doors the other end, praying it would be working, the lift appeared, and the doors opened. I took the lift up, and rode off into the peace of a Jarrow night.

Fascinating stuff. Lots of bridges crossing the north side (Newcastle-Upon-Tyne) and the south side (Gateshead) of the River Tyne. 14 in total as I’ve counted. Plus the incline lift is just like at Greenford station in West London and right by the Millennium Bridge on the north side of the River Thames near to Bank. And also it reminds me of Greenwich underground pedestrian walkway. When is Part 2 of Vicki Explores Canterbury due to come out.

Pretty poor that the escalators and incline lift are both out of action. The tunnel itself looks clean and well lit, and less creepy than say the Woolwich tunnel!

@forza223bowe5

4 жыл бұрын

Never used to be like that prior to the refurbishment

Hello Vicki and good informative video thanks as I’ve never heard of the Tyne tunnels and you done a very good job in your explanation with a nice bit of humour and I’m aware that albeit sunny it looks windy cold as I’ve experienced the sharp cold winds from the North Sea in winter when visiting that part of the country and wondered if you’ve heard of a song back in the 1970s called I’m going to leave old Durham town even though you’re in County Durham and the song was by Roger Whitaker if I’m correct and just a bit info for you as you said the tunnels were built in 1951 well it was in the mid 1950s that Newcastle Utd FC won the FA cup a few times or so anyway that’s it so I hope you and Geoff are staying safe amidst the coronavirus and cheerio

find myself wishing if only the Greenwich foot tunnel had a cyclist only tunnel and a pedestrian only tunnel (and therefore...tunnels).

@PaulYoudell

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, I also thinking of how it compared to Greenwich.

My mother used to walk through from Jarrow to go to Tynemouth for a night out

Neat!

Here's hoping the incline lift is more reliable than the one at Greenford Central Line (which also used to have a wooden-tread escalator up until a few years ago)

When I lived in London in the late 1980's there were a few wooden escalators!

Have you never seen the wooden escalator at Greenford? It was up all the way up until 2014, at what point it was replaced by a metal one and an incline elevator which both opened in 2015

Good vid 👍

4:18 The shadow knows, and tells...

I was born in country Durham. And you must be really younger than Geoff. As I remember the wooden escalators on parts of the underground back in the early 80's on a school trip.

@dahorn100011

4 жыл бұрын

I don't know how old Geoff is, and please don't take offence at this but if he is 35-40 80s wooden escalators may not have been in his memory?

@s125ish

4 жыл бұрын

He's 47 I think

@isaactimmins8959

4 жыл бұрын

@@s125ish 46 acording to wikipidia

@60_Degrees_North

4 жыл бұрын

@@dahorn100011 slightly younger than me. I'm 49. But I was just pointing out that Vicki must be younger than Geoff if she never seen wooden escalators. 👌